What did your dog(s) eat today?

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I have just one question...
Do your dogs drink less water on the raw diet than when they were on kibble?

Bailey drinks much less water now!

[lv4dogs]

I have just one question...
Do your dogs drink less water on the raw diet than when they were on kibble?

Yes, my dogs drink less too.

[.sarah]

They just had chicken quarters this morning.

Do your dogs drink less water on the raw diet than when they were on kibble?

Yep, and that's because there's so much water in their food.

[wolfsoul]

This morning the dogs had ground beef, cottage cheese, kelp, Bolthouse berry juice, and tomato.

[.sarah]

Dinner:
Pig ear
Pig tail
Egg
Beef liver
Beef kidney
Chicken feet (for Mandy and Nova)

[vinjashira]

Thanks for the replies Crazy Cat Lover and Binka Nuggets.

Snowy had beef stewing and some pork ribs yesterday.
She will have chicken wing again today + lamb kidney and offcourse an egg cause I've got plenty of them

Like the others, Snowy has been drinking less water since I switched her diet to raw.

[cloverfdx]

William our dogs get eggs a couple of times a week, and sardines on non egg days . Anna i have found that our dogs drink less aswell, they realy only drink alot after exercise.. but then they are not allowed to drink too much as i am paranoid about bloat.

Tonight they had beef mince, chicken mince, carrot, sweet patato and their supplements.

[lv4dogs]

Last night:
meaty beef ribs
chicken quarter

This morning:
pork (small amount)
cottage cheese
chicken liver
some had a small piece of chicken left over from last night

[anna_66]

Glad to hear that my three are not the only ones that are drinking less. Makes me feel better

One more question...
For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?

I ask this because I'm not quite happy with our arrangement and I'm thinking of putting them all in their crates to eat.
Not that there has ever been a fight or anything, but I know it could possibly happen and Bon is so much bigger than the girls (especially Huney). He's usually done before them and starts sniffing around their food.
So I just want to know how you feed.

[.sarah]

They're going to have turkey drumsticks when I get home for lunch.

William - I meant to answer your question They can have eggs as often as their system allows it. My dogs get them 1 or 2 times a week, but usually that's because I don't usually feed in bowls, and the girls all like their egg cracked before they'll eat it.

For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?

I feed outside. I have an Xpen set up with two outside beds in it. Luka and Buck eat in the Xpen and Mandy and Nova eat on the deck outside of it. Mandy has food aggression issues but Nova is smart enough to leave her alone.

Here is their set up:


Mandy usually eats on the mat in front of the door, but sometimes she does stand there. I hand out the food next to that railing where she is standing

[lv4dogs]

For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?

It really depends on what they are eating & what the weather is like.

If they are eating something on a bone or a large piece of meat, etc... (otherwise not ground up, canned, mixed, etc...) and the weather is decent they eat outside.
This gets a little tricky/confusing now.
If I can watch their every move the entire time they eat I feed them all at once (no one needs to be on a tie out when I am there to watch them at all times). As soon as one finishes I put them inside. I've never had any problems what so ever with them fighting but sometimes one will try to steel the others food (usually Kaige) if they finish first. My dogs are very well mannered, often times they will give their meat up to anyone or anything that tries to take it away (especially Nanook).

If I can not watch their every move (but I do still keep a good eye on them) I will feed only a couple/few at a time. Nanook is never leashed so he picks a spot outside of the tie outs where he can not be reached by any of the other dogs. All of the other dogs are on tie outs when I am not out there with them the entire time. I feed in the same order everytime (Nanook, Raustyk, Kaige then Indy) so Raustyk will always eat with Nanook. I will sometimes let Kaige eat at the same time as Raustyk & Nanook, that is only IF he has something that will last him a while because the 2 tie outs can reach each other and he may try to steel Raustyk's if he finishes first. If it's a chicken quarter or something else that he is known to eat faster than the other dogs then I usually wait until Raustyk is done eating (or just finishing up) before I feed Kaige. Which will obviously mean that Indy will sometimes eat alone, other times she will eat with Kaige.

If it is raining, snowing or extremely hot outside (or any other type of bad weather) they eat inside. I feed pretty much the same as above only it is inside and they are forced to eat on towels, linoleum and or in their crates (all for sanitary reasons ONLY). Depending on what they eat & where they prefer to eat decides who gets to eat when & who gets to eat with who.

If they get any grond meat, canned meats (salmon, mackeral, etc..) or anything else that is not a lartge chunk it gets put right into their bowl & eat all at the same time, just like they would if it was kibble.



Nanook NEVER tries to take food away from any of the other dogs.
Kaige is the ONLY one who will try to take Nanooks food. Then again Kaige will kind of try to take anyones food, but usually doesn't ever get it away from Raustyk. He just begs at her when she eats. lol
Raustyk NEVER tries to take food from Nanook. She will only try to take away Kaige or Indy's food if they are eating it really slowly, like they are not interested or getting full.
Indy will only try to take Kaiges food, and she will only try to take it if he doesn't seem that interested and it something that she REALLY likes (she's not TOO keen on some pieces of chicken). BUT if you feed anything in a bowl Indy will sometimes try to nudge right in with Raustyk or Kaige. In that case I need to direct her out of the kitchen as soon as she finishes any food that is fed in a bowl.

Geesh I hope I got all that right, more so I hope it was easy to understand. lol

[cloverfdx]

For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?
Anna it realy depends on the weather. At the moment they are eating inside and everone gets fed at the same time. If they are getting bones or other large chunky meat then i will just hand it strait to them and they take their food to their beds.

If they are getting mince, sardines, egg etc their bowls are in different corners of the room. Sometimes they have different meals and one will finish before the others so who ever finished first is either put in a stay whilst the others finished or tossed a whole carrot to amuse them for a minute more.

If they brake their stay or inhale their carrot and try to steal the others food then they are put outside for a time out. Also i watch them at all times.

[Kfamr]

I feed my three in the backyard. They know better than to mess with eachother. Sometimes they will trying to lick out of eachother's bowls but a stern "NO" fixes that.



Tonight my three are having:


Chicken Breasts
Beef Chunks
Carrots
Yogurt
Romaine Lettuce
Tomato
Banana

[binka_nugget]

One more question...
For those of you with more than one dog how do you feed them? Separately or together? In a crate? Outside?

For bones, (as bad as it sounds) I let them eat wherever they want. Kaedyn usually carries it to the living room carpet [I don't care because the carpet is old, not white, and as far as I know, no one puts their mouth on the carpet. =P] Kai carries it to his crate or to another room, away from Kaedyn. For things they can't carry away, I put the bowls down in the kitchen right by each other.. they're pretty good about staying away from each other's food. Kai eats too fast for Kaedyn to steal it, and Kaedyn eats, never leaving his bowl, so that Kai can't have any. =P

[bckrazy]

I feed both dogs outside, when they get RMB's. If the get pre-made, muscle meat, offal, or other meals, they get them in their bowls most of the time. Fozzie usually finishes after Gonzo. If he finishes before, I just take him inside because he has not quite learned self control and Gonzo will allow him to steal his food.. he's a wimpy, insecure little boy.

They both got kibble yesterday, because I was soooo sick and I could not even look at raw meat . I feel better today, so I tried to make it up to them with yummy stuff.

Gonzo ~
Lamb Shank
Lamb meat
Yogurt
Banana & Strawberry frosty paw

Fozzie ~
Lamb meat
Chicken Wing
Chicken Drumstick
Banana & Strawberry frosty paw